Robbery in Seelampur
Four youth broke into a Seelampur house at around 4 a.m. on Friday and stole cash and jewelry worth Rs two lakh. The Usmanpur house is owned by two elderly women -- Balbiro and Devaki -- who sub-let it to 20 tenants. The men -- armed with knives and country-made revolvers -- threatened the two women and took off with the booty. Senior police officials said that it was strange that no one raised an alarm, despite the fact that there were so many people living there. The police have not ruled out the involvement of one of the tenants.

One shot
A bandmaster received bullet injuries in the head after a jubilant guest at a wedding in Krishna Nagar fired in the air from his licensed revolver on Thursday night. Bikram (25) was rushed to the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital and the police have registered a case of attempted murder against Neharu Jain. They also recovered the .32 bore rifle from Jain's wife Poonam. Jain was attending his property dealer partner Satish Kumar's wedding. The marriage party was proceeding from Dilshad Garden to the Raunak banquet hall in Krishna Nagar. Jain is currently absconding.

Man arrested
The Crime Branch on Thursday arrested a man impersonating an Income Tax officer. On Tuesday, Pritender Nath Sanyal (45) -- a resident of Gomti Nagar in Lucknow -- called Sahara Airlines, gave his name as Rehman from Mumbai and booked three tickets from Lucknow to Mumbai. He called the airlines' office on Thursday to re-confirm, adding that he was an I-T official. According to the police, Sanyal gave the airlines' staff his cellular phone number (98110-14900), while adding that he would send someone to collect the tickets. The airline staff grew suspicious and alerted the police.